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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Porphyr Phthalocyanines. 2015 Jan;19(01-03):398–403. doi: 10.1142/S1088424615500236

Scheme 2.

Scheme 2

Synthesis of Au(III) octahydroxytetraphenylporphyrin. Also shown is the demetalated freebase porphyrin (3) obtained as a side product during the reaction sequence